Abstract

Hypertension is a leading risk factor for many life threatening conditions. Large segments of the hypertensive population are untreated or inadequately treated and are prone to develop stroke, myocardial infarction or peripheral arterial diseases. When diabetes co-exists with hypertension the cardiovascular morbidity becomes magnified. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) parameters has been shown to correlate more closely than office-measured BP with surrogate markers of end-organ damage, thus optimizing treatment and improving patient outcome

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